why are so many 370x mobos coming with vdu outputs?

mark2410 · 30 Mar 2017 at 21:28

so i get that thre can be apu am4 cpus used in them but surely thats just going to be a thing on cheaper boards, i mean why buy a 370x to stick an apu in it?

am i missing something but its seems a waste to be included on so many boards that will never use it?

eeii · 31 Mar 2017 at 11:33

I think its down to the manufactures not wanting to fragment the market so if the APU's are popular peeps wont be put off with no video input.

Jeps · 31 Mar 2017 at 13:13

AMD might have stipulated that all AM4 boards need to be compatible with all AM4 CPU's to avoid confusion so the manufacturers might not have a choice in the matter. It makes sense imo

Hagar · 31 Mar 2017 at 13:31

The ASUS crosshair VI does not have any

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mark2410 · 31 Mar 2017 at 13:51

eeii said:
I think its down to the manufactures not wanting to fragment the market so if the APU's are popular peeps wont be put off with no video input.

and apu buyers are buying £100+ motherboards?

rolypolyman · 31 Mar 2017 at 20:44

I have to admit I have bought a 370 board that has displayport and hdmi which can both do 4096X2160@ 60Hz and also Dvi-D and I will probably not use them, but hey you never know.

mark2410 · 31 Mar 2017 at 21:47

arent they only usable if you get an apu to provide the actual gpu bits?

rolypolyman · 1 Apr 2017 at 16:19

Yes you would need a cpu with built in graphics.

eddyr · 3 Apr 2017 at 14:04

mark2410 said:
and apu buyers are buying £100+ motherboards?

Why not, they might want to overclock or upgrade down the line to higher core counts.

MuddyPaws · 6 Apr 2017 at 10:48

I think it's stupid to have DP or HDMI on these boards as most users are going to use a gpu, but if the gpu fails maybe they will be cool to get a boot into windows, but I have also heard that Ryzen doesn't support on board graphics. maybe I'm wrong

MuddyPaws · 6 Apr 2017 at 10:51

mark2410 said:
so i get that thre can be apu am4 cpus used in them but surely thats just going to be a thing on cheaper boards, i mean why buy a 370x to stick an apu in it?

am i missing something but its seems a waste to be included on so many boards that will never use it?

your wrong there check this out http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361941312606?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

mark2410 · 6 Apr 2017 at 12:10

MuddyPaws said:
I think it's stupid to have DP or HDMI on these boards as most users are going to use a gpu, but if the gpu fails maybe they will be cool to get a boot into windows, but I have also heard that Ryzen doesn't support on board graphics. maybe I'm wrong

can it? wont the vdu out on the board only work if you put an APU in the thing? so slap in a ryzen chip as i understand they have no gpu on them so the vdu outputs on the board are of no use at all, or am i missing soemthing?

MuddyPaws · 7 Apr 2017 at 10:45

mark2410 said:
can it? wont the vdu out on the board only work if you put an APU in the thing? so slap in a ryzen chip as i understand they have no gpu on them so the vdu outputs on the board are of no use at all, or am i missing soemthing?

maybe I am missing something lol